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Branford Boase judge Sajeda Amir on choosing the 2023 shortlist
Book Awards
Thursday, June 1, 2023
The Branford Boase Award highlights debut authors, and often discovers the 'big names' at the start of their writing careers. We wanted to find out more about how this year's shortlist was chosen. Branford Boase judge Sajeda Amir is an English teacher a...
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Branford Boase Award 2023 Shortlist
Book Awards
Thursday, April 27, 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Branford Boase Award has been announced. The award is given annually to the author of the year's outstanding debut novel for children. Uniquely, it also honours the editor of the winning title and highlights the importance of the editor in nurturing new talen...
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Little Rebels 2023 Shortlist announced
Book Awards
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The 2023 Little Rebels Award shortlist, with books spotlighting social justice issues for the youngest readers and celebrating young people's resilience and strength, has been announced. In these stories, children band together to protest and push back against economic...
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Shortlists announced for the UKLA Book Awards 2023
Book Awards
Friday, March 31, 2023
The shortlists for the UKLA Book Awards, judged entirely by teachers, have been announced. The awards seek books from a "wide and inclusive range" of publishers that "recognise a broad range of perspectives, experiences and voices".
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Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2023 winners announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Nadia Mikail has been named Overall Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for her debut novel, The Cats We Meet Along The Way, which also won the Older Reader's Category. M.T. Khan's Nura and the Immortal Palace won the Young...
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The Yoto Carnegies 2023 shortlists announced
Book Awards
Friday, March 17, 2023
The Yoto Carnegies celebrate outstanding achievement in children's writing and illustration and are judged by children's and youth librarians, with the Shadowers' Choice Medals voted for by children and young people.
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'If the world were 100 people' wins Royal Society prize
Book Awards
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
The winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2022, announced today, is If the world were 100 people, by Jackie McCann and Aaron Cushley (HarperCollins Children's Books).
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The Children's Book Award 2023 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Monday, February 27, 2023
The Children's Book Award is BACK!... and a blue-footed boobie, a blobfish and a secret inventor are all shortlisted for the Children's Book Award 2023 - chosen and voted for entirely by children. UPD...
